It may come as a surprise to some grad students and postdocs to find that the NIH strictly prohibits
labor obtained by any of the following methods: the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
It also appears to be the case that if you are a private grant awardee (as in a company awarded an SBIR I guess?) or are on-the-job for a public grant awardee you may not:
ii. Procure a commercial sex act during the period of time that the award is in effect;
Comments
When I read slavery, I did think "only in America"...
Posted by: Lou | March 7, 2008 4:26 PM
The notion that slavery is a uniquely American phenomenon is wildly off base.
Posted by: DrugMonkey | March 7, 2008 5:11 PM
well there's policy, and there's *de facto* policy...
;-)
Posted by: Becca | March 7, 2008 6:47 PM
... I did think "only in America"
I too think you are way, way off base here. Modern-day slavery is a global problem.
Posted by: Kevin | March 7, 2008 8:39 PM
The notion that slavery is a uniquely American phenomenon is wildly off base.
No, but the need to still clearly state it is, and I guess it stems from the legal system.
Posted by: Lou | March 8, 2008 4:35 AM
Inquiring minds need to know: If you are NOT a private grant awardee, is it OK to "Procure a commercial sex act during the period of time that the award is in effect"?
Also, ---"Modern-day slavery is a global problem"---
I could not agree more. But not just modern-day; slavery has been a global problem for a loooong time now.
Posted by: Anonymoustache | March 8, 2008 8:29 AM
Damn, does that mean that indenture contract I signed is invalid?
Posted by: Jenny F. Scientist | March 10, 2008 4:27 PM